Legal Opinion
Hewitt v. National Surety Corp.
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided March 25, 1955No. Civ. A. No. 4967PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SLOAN, District Judge.
Alleging that the defendant is surety on the bond of a United States Marshal, plaintiff here sues to recover the value of certain coin operated gambling devices which plaintiff contends were illegally seized by Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and delivered to Edward B. Doyle as United States Marshal for the Middle District of Georgia and by said Doyle destroyed. Plaintiff alleges that the value of said machines is $12,000 for which sum he asks judgment.
Defendant denies that the machines had a value in excess of $3,000, but admits the other…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Myers v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Dayton & Michigan R. v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1940
- Rice v. Walls, U.S. Dist. Atty. Puckett v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1954
3Cited by5 opinions
- Faldraga v. CarnesDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1987
- TAC Amusement Co. v. MitchellDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1971
- Fort v. MitchellDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1971
- Putch v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1970
- W. C. Hewitt v. National Surety CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955